As the frequency and impacts of environmental disasters continue to increase in the Asia and Pacific region, the demand grows for educating and training teachers, students, public officials and non-government practitioners in the many facets of disaster preparedness, relief, and resilience. To bridge gaps between research, education and practice, the Asia Research Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy programme on Disaster Governance Asia are pleased to host a half-day workshop on “Disaster Governance: From Research and Experiences to Teaching and Training” with University of Hawaii Professor Karl Kim as our keynote speaker and discussion leader.
Professor Karl Kim is Chair of the FEMA National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and the Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (https://www.ndpc.us/). At the University of Hawaii he is the Director of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Program (https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/). He is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning, and he also served as Vice-Chancellor for Research at UH. At UH he heads a graduate program of education on Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.durp.hawaii.edu/Disaster%20Management.html) and annually conducts numerous training programs in the Pacific and Asia region.
REGISTRATION
This event is by invitation only. Please register your interest to attend with minghua.tay@nus.edu.sg by 10 June 2015.
For enquiries about the workshop, please contact: Disaster Governance Asia <dgovasia@gmail.com>.
